 | 1889 - 246 Seiten
...Wilkins' works, as given in the Bibliothcca Britannica, are : (1) Discovery of a New World, or a discourse tending to prove that it is probable there may be another habitable zvorld in tlw Moon. 1638. 8vo. Part 1st. Lon. 1640. 8vo. Anon. Lond. 1684. 8vo. (2) Discourse concerning... | |
 | George Thomas Orlando Bridgeman - 1889 - 280 Seiten
...the Bibliotheca Britannica, are: (1) Discovery of a New World, or a discourse tending to prove tttat it is probable there may be another habitable world in the Moon. 1638. 8vo. Part 1st. Lon. 1640. 8vo. Anon. Lond. 1684. 8vo. (2) Discourse concerning a New Planet ;... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1890 - 362 Seiten
...II., was chiefly instrumental in the foundation of the Royal Society. Among his works was a treatise to prove that "It is probable there may be another habitable world in the moon, with a discourse concerning the possibility of a passage thither." Burnet (" Hist, of his Own Times,"... | |
 | Cyrano de Bergerac - 1899 - 272 Seiten
...founders of the Royal Society, published in 1638 the " Discovery of a New World; or, a Discourse to prove it is probable there may be another habitable world in the Moon ; with a discourse concerning the possibility of a passage thither" ; and later, in 1640, the "Discourse... | |
 | Dominic Baker-Smith, C. C. Barfoot - 1987 - 240 Seiten
...in that same year of our Lord 1638 by another, entitled The Discovery of a New Worlt or, a Discourse tending to prove, that it is probable there may be another habitable World in that Planet. The interest, in other words, of their themes lies in the sequence, at close quarters,... | |
 | Dominic Baker-Smith, C. C. Barfoot - 1987 - 240 Seiten
...that same year of our Lord 1638 by another, entitled The Discovery of a New World: or, a Discourse tending to prove, that it is probable there may be another habitable World in that Planet. The interest, in other words, of their themes lies in the sequence, at close quarters,... | |
 | Steven Shapin - 1994 - 534 Seiten
...Right Rev. John Wilkins, 2 vols. London. , [1638] 1802b. "The Discovery of a New World; or, A Discourse Tending to Prove, That (It Is Probable) There May Be Another Habitable World in the Moon," in Wilkins 1802a, I, 1-130. -, [1640] 1802c. "A Discourse Concerning a New Planet, Tending to Prove,... | |
 | thomas thorpe - 1839 - 1352 Seiten
...vellum, 7i. Crf. - - - - 1638 Sold in Isaac Reed's sole for 12«. M. 3811 Wilkins's (Bp.) Discourse tending to Prove that it is probable there may be another habitable World in the Moone, 1640. — Discourse concerning a New Planet, tending to prove our Earth is one of the Planets,... | |
 | 136 Seiten
...lodestones thrown upward conII Wilkins, Bishop John, The discovery a/ a world in the moone. Or a discovrse tending to prove that it is probable there may be another habitable world in that planet, London, EG for M. Sparke and E. Forrest, 1638. Third edition, 1640. 12 Cyrano de Bergerac,... | |
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The Discovery of a New World ; or, a Discourse tending to prove that it is probable there may be another habitable World in the Moon ; with a Discourse concerning the possibility of a passage thither. 
